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Recommended Resources

Broad Databases

JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in multiple disciplines.
Academic Search Complete
This multidisciplinary database offers more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and over 13,200 publications including books, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Academic Search Ultimate
Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more
Sociological Abstracts
Covers the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.
America: History & Life
This is an index to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries.
Subject area: History
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion eBook Collection
Focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, these unlimited-use eBooks represent topics of gender, race, sexual orientation, physical ability and religious beliefs. Use the Advance Search and select “DEI Subscription” on the right hand side of the screen to search for books in this collection.
Independent Voices
"Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century."

Identity-Specific Databases

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of Asian Studies indexes Western-language articles from the humanities and social sciences, covering all parts of Asia
Black Studies in Video
This collection features award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.
Black Thought & Culture
Black Thought and Culture is a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts.
Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement
A landmark online collection that fills the gap, with a comprehensive and international set of resources to enrich study in a wide range of disciplines from media studies to philosophy.
Gender Studies
Provides coverage of sexual diversity issues containing more than 921,000 records spanning from 1972 to the present.
LGBT Thought & Culture
This online resource hosts books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day.

Bibliographies in Gender and Women’s Studies
"Beginning at its inception in 1977, the Office of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian has curated this series of bibliographies. The bibliographies have been prepared by librarians, women’s studies faculty members, graduate students in library and information studies, staff members of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian’s Office, and others." Note: not all materials listed in a particular bibliography may have open accessibility.
Disability History Museum Library
The Disability History Museum Library has a growing collection of over 3,000 primary source documents and visual stills related to the cultural and social history of people with disabilities, covering the 1800s to the present.
Disability Studies Quarterly
Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) is the journal of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary and international journal of interest to social scientists, scholars in the humanities, disability rights advocates, creative writers, and others concerned with the issues of people with disabilities. This is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication.
Women's Knowledge Digital Library
Created and maintained by the University of Wisconsin System's Office of the Gender and Women's Studies Librarian, the Women's Knowledge Digital Library "is an online repository of information by and about women and girls. The goal of the project is to provide users with trusted information that is easily and efficiently accessible and that which can be used in the education and empowerment of women and girls worldwide. Our focus is to amplify women's voices and include resources that women can learn from and adapt to suit the work being done within their own communities."

Depending on your topic, it may be helpful to consult other library research guides for recommendations. The following is a non-exhaustive list of where to look for additional research resources by general topic.

Africana Studies: a resource guide dedicated to studying the African diaspora and African studies.

Asian Studies: a resource guide dedicated to studying the Asian diaspora and Asian studies.

Latin American Studies: a resource guide dedicated to studying Latinx and Latin American studies.

LGBTQIA Resources: A resource guide dedicated to educating about and studying topics related to the LGBTQIA+ community

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: A resource guide dedicated to studying women's studies, gender studies, and sexuality studies.

** Religion Resources: This guide includes recommended resources for researching topics related to some non-Christian religions as well as Christian religions

**FYI 102: Dr. Webb: This guide includes recommended resources for researching topics related to disability studies.

** ENGL 202: Tutoring Theory & Practice: This guide includes resources for researching topics related to English Language Learners, disabililty studies, and social justice.